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Sample of authors
Parker, Robert B.
Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father was head of a telephone company. Parker graduated from Maine’s Colby College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954 and was awarded a Master of Arts degree at Boston University in 1957. He served in the US Army infantry in Korea 1954–56.
After graduating in 1957 he worked at an insurance company and in advertising. His...
Literary figures
Bertie
Gender: Male
Bertie was the popular name for Albert Edward who was the son of Queen Victoria and between 1901 and 1910 King Edward VII. As a young Prince of Wales he was a notorious playboy who caused many scandals to the despair of his mother. He solves crime in a handful historical whodunits by Peter Lovesey.